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Prevention of Perioperative Pulmonary Complications by Lung Recruitment During Laparoscopic Surgery

Not Applicable
Conditions
Perioperative Complication
Hypoxia
Interventions
Procedure: lung recruitment
Procedure: Standard ventilatory management
Registration Number
NCT04728945
Lead Sponsor
Osaka University
Brief Summary

Perioperative pulmonary complications such as atelectasis, hypoxemia, and pneumonia after ventilatory management during general anesthesia have a negative impact on patient outcomes. The possibility of reducing perioperative pulmonary complications by lung recruitment, which uses positive pressure to prevent alveolar collapse, has been reported. Although laparoscopic surgery, which has been widely performed in recent years, can reduce the invasiveness of the operation, it is prone to alveolar collapse due to increased abdominal pressure and diaphragm elevation. The purpose of this study is to verify whether the lung recruitment during laparoscopic surgery in Trendelenburg head-down position prevents hypoxemia due to lung collapse.

Detailed Description

The multi-center RCT will enroll 80 patients who have laparoscopic surgery in Trendelenburg head-down position. Informed consent will be obtained for study subjects who meet the selection criteria, and the subjects will be enrolled in Electronic Data Capture and randomized into two groups. Patients will be admitted to the operating room for induction of anesthesia and tracheal intubation. In the control group, mechanical ventilation will be performed according to the initial settings and protocols. In the intervention group, after intubation, the ventilator will be initially set up, and the first pulmonary recruitment will be performed immediately after the start of the laparoscopy, followed by recruitment every 30 minutes until the end of the laparoscopy.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
UNKNOWN
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
80
Inclusion Criteria
  • Patients undergoing low head laparoscopic surgery who are expected to be laparoscopic for more than 2 hours
Exclusion Criteria
  • Lateral or supine position
  • BMI > 35
  • One-second rate <70%, %VC <80%, obstructive, restrictive, with bra
  • Cardiovascular disease (NYHA III or higher)
  • Intracranial hypertensive disease
  • Emergency surgery
  • Pregnancy
  • Glaucoma
  • Patients judged unsuitable by the anesthesiologist in charge

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
lung recruitmentStandard ventilatory managementStandard ventilatory management with lung recruitment every 30 minutes
lung recruitmentlung recruitmentStandard ventilatory management with lung recruitment every 30 minutes
controlStandard ventilatory managementStandard ventilatory management
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Incidence of hypoxiaDuring laparoscopy procedure

SpO2 less than 95% or more than 2% decrease from baseline

Time to onset of hypoxiaDuring laparoscopy procedure

Duration from the start of laparoscopic surgery to the onset of hypoxia

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Rate of decrease in SpO2During laparoscopy procedure

Difference between baseline SpO2 and minimum SpO2 during laparoscopic surgery

Safety endpoint: total fluid infusionDuring surgery

total fluid infusion

Postoperative hypoxiathe day after surgery

Presence of hypoxia the day after surgery

Ventilator setting at the end of surgeryDuring surgery

Ventilator settings such as FIO2, PEEP, and plateau pressure

Safety endpoint: Circulatory agonist useDuring surgery

Circulatory agonist use

Safety endpoint: incidence of complicationsDuring surgery

incidence of complications (hypotension, arrhythmia, pneumothorax, atelectasis defined by the blinded investigator)

compliance rate of lung recruitmentDuring laparoscopy procedure

compliance rate of lung recruitment in the intevention group

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Osaka University

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Suita, Osaka, Japan

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